Brassiere and similar garments



Dec. 21', 1948. E. w. GLUC ZKIN 2,455,695

I BRASSIERE AND SIMILAR GARMENTS I Filed Feb. 21, 1945 V IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 21, 1948 UNITED PATENT OFFICE 1 "BRASSIIEZRE-AND; SIMILAR .GARMENTS I Edwi Wfilu kin, B o kl iN.

' Application-February 21, 1945; Serial No; 578,977

. aolaim i l in raised. youthful position in thepocketswhen the. garmentis. in use. Still .more particularly, theinvention deals with garmentsof the. kind definedwhereinatleast one of the. strap .memhers of thepockets constitute part;- of what, might be t.errned .a suspending,unithavinga free coupling. at theupper; oentralportion of the pocketandincluding a strap extendingto the lowerouter edgeportion of,thepocket or where the sideband joingthe pocketjin providing of thesuspending unitsa suspenderelike structure to aidminsupportof thepockets uponthe body of the wearer. The novel features of the inventionwillbe best understood from the, following description when takentogether with the accompanying drawing,

in which certain embodimentsflof theinvention are'disclosed, and in.which the separatepartsare designated by suitable reference ,characterin. eachoithe Views, and in which:

Fig." 1 is a front perspective view of one form of brassire which Iemploy with parts of the construction broken away.

Fig; 2 is an inside view-of the-brassire as seen in Fig. 1, showing thefront pOltiOiLthEIfiOf.

Fig. 3 is a perspective detailed view of the shoulder strap couplingwith the brassiere and.

suspending unit; and

I Fig. 4is'aview similar to Fig. 2, showing, a mod ified form ofconstruction.

-'I-he present invention constitutes a continuation-in-part'of thestructure disclosedidmmyprior application Serial Number ;556,604':;*filed September-30, 1944, having matured in Patent 2,374,093 issued April1'7, 1945.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing is shown front and rear views of atleast the front portion of the garment or brassire. In these figures, Iand Illa represent two substantially similar pockets joined centrally ofthe garment, as indicated at I I. Attached to outer side portions 01 thepockets are side and back bands I2 and I3 detachably coupled, as seen atI4 in any desired manner, as is customary in garments of this type andkind. One of the bands, for example, the band I3 may include an elasticinsert I5 to provide yieldable mounting of the garment upon the body ofthe wearer. At the uppercentral portion of each-pocket is secured astrap or loop I6 and 'II with which is adjustably coupled shoulderstraps I3 and I9 through 'themedium of bucklesand 2|, the straps I8 andI'9 being attached to the bands I2 and I3 at the rear-portions thereof,as indicated at'22 and 23.

' Each-pocket at thelowercentral portion thereof=has a dart- 24: and 25to give bustconforming contourto the pockets; and lower portions ofthepocket below the darts have free I relatively movable ends; the ends 126 and- 21- being-continuouswith inner portionsiof the pockets andoverlying -outer side: portions thereof; whereas said.- relativelymovable endsv which-may be called partsor; sides 28 i and 29 terminatesubstantially inalinement withthedartszd and 25; .The=e'nds 26;.ands2'1. join the outer side edge portions of the-pockets. IO- and Illa-inelastic straps 30 and 31., Attached to; the ends 2B ands-.29. are.elastic or-tli-lastexwstraps or-bands 32 andtfi with which are coupledstrap members 34 and 35, .which extend; to and are coupled with theupper central portionsgofz the pocketslu and Illatwhere thestraps-Ifizahd; I"! are coupled therewith, the strap 34; extendingto theupperend of the pocket: Illa,

and,;the ;:s,trap;35 extending to. the'upper; end of.

the pocket :10. a In-.,aclditi on;- to thezstrapsg- .341; and; 35,supple- .mental straps-35 and. 31 are employed, .which straps are joinedwith the upper ends ofi'the traps -.-.35 andz" 4; re nec ivelyhand.tothe, :side bands I2, and; I 3-, preferably through the; meium ofelastic "i s t .1- 38 and. 1; 39., a clearly 1 seen inflig zofthedrawing.

.Froma consideration@of1 Fig.- 3 of; therdrawing, it -will ;-be ,apparent that thestrap; 1 li-isyin the formtotqa; loop which; extends betweenthe: up,- per 'part-of the, pocket-M and; the joined ends. of

u e s raps 35.. and: .36.v The-strap. I 7; s. of; simila This loop ofthe straps; I 6; and.

construction. I! freely passes through the buckles 20 and 2|, thusproviding an adjustment for independent support of the upper end of thepockets I0 and IBa and the suspending units comprising the straps 35 and36, and 34 and 31. In other words, these suspending units are movableindependently of the upper portions of the pockets in supporting thelower outer side portions of the pockets upon the breasts of a wearer.Part of this support is taken up through the bands I2 and I3 in forminga suspender-like mount of the brassire upon the body of the wearer.

In Fig. 4 of the drawing I have shown a slight modification whereinpockets 40 and 40a are substantially identical in construction with thepockets l6 and Illa. In Fig. 4, M and 42 is equivalent to the parts 26and 21', 43 and M the pocket ends similar to the ends 28 and 29, 45 and46 straps equivalent to the straps 34 and 35, 4'! and 48 strapsequivalent to the straps 35 and 31, and supporting loops 49 and 50similar to the loops H and N. All other details of the several partsbriefly described above are omitted for simplicity in description.

In Fig. 4, the modification consists simply in the addition of strapmembers 5! and 52, between the ends 43 and M, and the outer side edgesof the pockets or the side bands extending therefrom, the straps 5| and52 preferably including elastic inserts 53 and 5 3. The straps 5| and 52serve to provide additional supports for the outer lower side portionsof the pockets to aid in supporting the breasts in raised positionwithin the pockets. In other words, with the construction shown in Fig.4, the breasts are substantially completely surrounded by supportingstraps, the straps 5| and 52 acting in a sense as reinforcements andalso balancing the strains to which the ends 43 and M are subjected bythe lift upon the straps 45 and 46.

It will appear that the straps 5| and 52 join the outer side edges ofthe pockets at points above the attachment of the straps 41 and 4Btherewith, as well as above the bounds of attachment of the elastic ends55 and 56 of the strap extensions M and 42, and similar to the elastics30-3I. With both forms of construction shown, a positive suspender-likelift is provided for the brassire from lower side portions of thepockets, one strap of each suspender unit crossing a corresponding strapto an opposed unit centrally of the garment and extending to an opposedpocket, whereas the other strap of each suspender extends to the outerside edge portion or side band of the same pocket.

The suspender-1ike units operate independently of the lift upon theupper central portion of the pocket proper and yet by reason of thebuckle coupling with the units and pockets, a compen sating action isprovided which establishes a balance resulting in the proper upliftingsupport of the breasts and relatively tight arrangement of the materialof the pocket around the breasts.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Pat ent is:

1. A brassiere of the class described comprising a pair of similarbreast pockets, means joining adjacent edge portions of the pockets,means attached to outer side edges and upper portions of the pockets foradjustably supporting the same upon the body of the wearer, each pockethaving centrally of the lower portion thereof free relatively movableparts, each pocket having diverging suspending straps extending from thefree outer part of one pocket to the upper central portion of an opposedpocket and to the outer side edge of said opposed pocket, meansadjustably coupling the suspending straps to each pocket, one strap ofeach pocket crossing the corresponding strap of an opposed pocketcentrally between said pockets, and means coupling inner free portionsof the pockets with outer edges thereof.

2. A brassiere of the class described comprising a pair of similarbreast pockets, means joining adjacent edge portions of the pockets,means attached to outer side edges and upper portions of the pockets foradjustably supporting the same upon the body of the wearer, each pockethaving centrally of the lower portion thereof free relatively movableparts, each pocket having diverging suspending straps extending from thefree outer part of one pocket to the upper central portion of an opposedpocket and to the outer side edge of said opposed pocket, meansadjustably coupling the suspending straps to each pocket, onestrap ofeach pocket crossing the corresponding strap of an opposed pocketcentrally between said pockets, means couplinginner free portions of thepockets with outer edges thereof, and said last named means and thesuspending straps of each pocket having extensible properties.

3. A brassire of the class described comprising a pair of similar breastpockets, means joining adjacent edge portions of the pockets, meansattached to outer side edges and upper portions of the pockets foradjustably supporting the same upon the body of the wearer, each pocketincluding a pair of free downwardly diverging strap members, meanscentrally of the upper portion of each diverging strap member forcoupling the same with the upper central portion of the pocket, onestrap member of each pair extending from the upper central portion ofthe pocket to the lower edge portion of an opposed pocket, said strapmembers crossing centrally of the front of the garment, the other strapmember in each pair, extending from the upper central portion of thepocket to the lower side edge of the same pocket, and said strap membersincluding extensible material.

. EDWIN W. GLUCKIN.

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